Bio: Dick Morris grew up in New York City and graduated from Columbia College. He began his political career working in Democratic Party politics on Manhattan's Upper West Side. In the mid-1970s he began consulting for New York State Democrats such as Congresswoman Bella Abzug and Mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins. His long association with President Clinton began in the late 1970s and continued for twenty years. Mr. Morris is often credited with the strategies that led to Mr. Clinton's move to the center of the political spectrum and his reelection in 1996. He has also worked as an advisor to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and other Republicans. Time magazine referred to him as "The most influential private citizen in America... a gleeful genius." Dick Morris lives with his wife, the lawyer Eileen McGann, in Connecticut and New York City.